watercolor pencils Archives - Peony and Parakeet https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tag/watercolor-pencils/ Fly to Your Inner World and Color the Emotion Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:08:14 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-site_icon3-32x32.jpg watercolor pencils Archives - Peony and Parakeet https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tag/watercolor-pencils/ 32 32 Modernistic Style – Create Abstract Art Step by Step! https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/modernistic-style/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/modernistic-style/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:52:07 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=32245 This week, we take a practical dive into modernistic style. My favorite modernist painters are Birger Carlstedt (1907-1975) and Sam Vanni (1908-1992) from Finland. The most famous modernist was, of course, Pablo Picasso, who was Spanish. My piece has some figurative elements. Although it’s abstract, you can also see plants and light. With this technique, […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/modernistic-style/feed/ 12 I Did the Same Drawing Twice! https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/same-drawing-twice/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:26:49 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=31960 I rarely sketch my drawings beforehand, but this time I wanted to try something different: creating the same piece twice and recording the process. The first version was done freely with watercolor pencils. The second was a study of the first, but created using traditional colored pencils. These drawings have many kinds of flowers, including […]

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]]> Joyful Flowers with Watercolor Pencils – Watch the Video! https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/joyful-flowers-with-watercolor-pencils/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/joyful-flowers-with-watercolor-pencils/#comments Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:06:15 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=28162 This week, I have a free video where I create these joyful flowers with watercolor pencils. These are inspired by fabric prints and are more motif-like than many of my colored pencil pieces. I love this kind of playing with style. This is a small piece, just 8 x 8 inches. It’s colored freely with […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/joyful-flowers-with-watercolor-pencils/feed/ 6 Revamping Watercolor Painting with Watercolor Pencils https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/revamping-watercolor-painting/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/revamping-watercolor-painting/#comments Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:40:29 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=27944 This week, I am revamping an old watercolor painting and sharing some things I have learned over the last five years. Let’s make your paintings more fantastic with five tips! The size of my example is 28.5 cm x 28.5 cm, so 11.25 inches x 11.25 inches. Revamping a Watercolor Painting – Best Candidates Here […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/revamping-watercolor-painting/feed/ 2 What to Create with Colored Pencils? – Watch the Video! https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/what-to-create-with-colored-pencils-watch-the-video/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/what-to-create-with-colored-pencils-watch-the-video/#comments Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:50:29 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=27904 This week I have a short inspirational video for you. I wanted to make a video that I can share on Instagram, so this has different portions than my videos usually are. You can watch it bigger by pressing the last icon on the menubar below the video. Most of these drawings are made with […]

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]]> Last Bloom – Watercolor Pencil Inspiration https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/last-bloom-watercolor-pencil-inspiration/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/last-bloom-watercolor-pencil-inspiration/#comments Thu, 05 Sep 2024 15:08:09 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=27852 This week we celebrate watercolor pencils and the lifecycle of flowers. I hope this post fills you with watercolor pencil inspiration! We in Finland have had a warm fall and many flowers are still blooming, even though it is already September. It inspired me to use yellows and oranges, which I love anyway. Comforting Watercolor […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/last-bloom-watercolor-pencil-inspiration/feed/ 6 End of Summer – Freely with Watercolor Pencils https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/freely-with-watercolor-pencils/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/freely-with-watercolor-pencils/#comments Thu, 22 Aug 2024 13:06:03 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=27784 This week is about coloring freely with watercolor pencils. Let’s ponder about the change of season and how to process it through art-making! New Season – New Colors Are Calling! Even though the weather has been warm, I find that my thoughts are already turning to fall. When I open the box of watercolor pencils, […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/freely-with-watercolor-pencils/feed/ 6 Coming Up – Joyful Coloring! https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/coming-up-joyful-coloring/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/coming-up-joyful-coloring/#comments Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:48:47 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=27769 It’s exciting to announce that a new online art course is coming up! Joyful Coloring will begin on Sept 16, 2024. This course is for watercolor pencils. It has many fun projects – I hope you will love it! >> See more! The early-bird registration has opened. >> Sign up here! The early-bird sale will […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/four-art-mediums-four-projects-in-progress/feed/ 8 Drawing Sceneries with Watercolor Pencils https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/drawing-sceneries-with-watercolor-pencils/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/drawing-sceneries-with-watercolor-pencils/#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:22:31 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=27522 This week, I have a fun drawing idea: fill a paper with many small sceneries! For this project, I have used watercolor pencils and Fabriano Accademia drawing paper (size: A4). The paper is very nice with colored pencils and goes well with watercolor pencils too. Inspiration for Drawing Sceneries Creating mini-sceneries is easy when you start […]

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